English

findspot

From find + spot.

A compound of find + spot

Proto-Indo-European *pent- ‘to go’

Proto-Germanic *finþaną ‘to find’

Proto-West Germanic *finþan ‘to find’

Old English findan ‘to find’

Middle English finden ‘to find’

English find

Middle Dutch spotte ‘spot’

Middle English spot

English spot

Today it means

noun A location at which items, or a specific item, have been found.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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